About Mount Comfort Cemetery
Mount Comfort Cemetery is a cemetery near Groveton, Fairfax County, Virginia. It lies about 0.7 mi south of Groveton. The grounds sit at about 236 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including George Ayittey, Emily Newell Blair and Gerry Bertier. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1470857. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fahnline Family Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Old Town Funeral Choices in Alexandria, about 1.9 mi away. It is one of 131 cemeteries we list in Fairfax County, and 146 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Fairfax County dates to 1899. 5 of the 131 listings in Fairfax County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Groveton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Comfort Cemetery
Among them: 2 writers.
- George Ayittey1945-2022Ghanaian economist and author
- Emily Newell Blair1877-1951American writer and suffragist
- Gerry Bertier1953-1981American high school football player and Paralympian
- Hans Raffert1927-2005German-American chef who was White House Executive Chef for four years
- Christella Naylor1914-1961
- Harry W. Blair1877-1964American lawyer and government official
- Newell Blair1907-2004American lawyer and publisher
- Vera Mangum1898-1983
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Comfort Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Mount Comfort Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Fahnline Family CemeteryGroveton, VAFamily cemetery0.4 mi
- Collard - Darrell Family CemeteryGroveton, VAFamily cemetery0.8 mi
- Pullman - Struder Family CemeteryHuntington, VAFamily cemetery0.9 mi
- All Saints Episcopal Church CemeteryHuntington, VAEpiscopal cemetery1.0 mi
- Shuters Hill CemeteryHuntington, VACemetery2.1 mi
- Millan Family CemeteryFranconia, VAFamily cemetery2.3 mi
- First Presbyterian Church CemeteryAlexandria, VAChristian cemetery2.3 mi
- 19th century African American CemeteryAlexandria, VACemetery2.4 mi
- Home of PeaceAlexandria, VACemetery2.4 mi
- Saint Paul's CemeteryAlexandria, VAChristian cemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Comfort Cemetery
- Old Town Funeral Choices1.9 miFuneral home · Alexandria · (703) 465-1800
- Jefferson Funeral Chapel2.4 miFuneral chapel · Alexandria · (703) 971-7400
- Greene Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Alexandria · (703) 549-0089
- Metropolitan Funeral Services2.6 miFuneral home · Alexandria · (703) 971-0806
- Demaine Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Alexandria · (703) 549-0074
- Cunningham Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · Alexandria
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